Getting Healthy
Jeff and I started a 60 day challenge about 30 days ago. He wanted to cut back on Mountain Dew and I wanted to work-out four days a week! We have both been able to stick with it and I think we both feel better for it!!
Then a week ago my class at the gym started a 30 day challenge. (Kinda confusing!) I jumped on board this one too!! We each paid in $30 for the challenge. We downloaded My Fitness Pal app and are tracking our calories everyday. If you stay under your daily goal you get a $1 back. If you go over that $1 goes in "the pot". At the end of the month "the pot" goes to the winner of the challenge.
I have done Weight Watchers before and counted points...but never strictly calories! It was eye opening!! Here is what it looks like early in the day! Lots of calories to spare!! Oh how that changes during the day!
So when it was time for dinner I wanted to make some smarter choices!! We had already planned to have turkey reubens before the challenge started so I was determined to make them as healthy as possible! Here is how it went:
Turkey Reubens
We had these ingredients left over from the previous week's menu. Jeff makes a mean reuben so I told him to make mine lighter!! The bread is a rye and pump bread from Pepperidge farm. Then we added smoked turkey from the deli, provolone cheese from the deli, a little coleslaw and a little thousand island dressing. The bread was lightly buttered and then he toasted it in the skillet. They were DELICIOUS! Definitely didn't taste low calorie!
I had a sweet potato on the side with a little butter on it and cup of watermelon!
Calorie Count
2 slices of Rye and Pump Bread - 160 calories
1 slice of provolone cheese - 80 calories
2 oz. of turkey - 60 calories
1 tbsp of Thousand Island - 60 calories
1/4 cup of Coleslaw - 70 calories
1 tbsp. of butter - 70 calories
Sandwich Total - 500 calories
Sweet Potato - 86 calories
1 cup of watermelon - 46 calories
Dinner Total - 632 calories
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